John Bright

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John Bright (left) and Richard Cobden

John Bright (born November 16, 1811 in Rochdale , Lancashire , † March 27, 1889 ibid) was a British politician and the most important ally of Richard Cobden and a leading member of the Anti-Corn Law League . He was a representative of the radicals .

origin

John Brights, like his father Jacob Bright, was a Quaker . This ran a cotton factory. When he was 15, John Bright started working for his father.

plant

In 1836 or 1837 Bright met Richard Cobden for the first time , in 1838 he first publicly agitated against the Corn Laws , and in 1839 he sat on the committee that founded the Anti-Corn Law League . Bright was an important rhetorician and coined the phrase Flogging a Dead Horse , among other things . He drove the major British parliamentary reform of 1867 . He campaigned for the lifting of import tariffs on grain, fought against the first Irish Home Rule and was an important opponent of various foreign policy initiatives of the British Empire.

literature

  • Claus Bernet : Anniversaries and Memories 2011. In: Quäker. Journal of German Friends. Volume 85, No. 1, 2011, p. 4, ISSN  1619-0394 .
  • Claus Bernet:  John Bright. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 32, Bautz, Nordhausen 2011, ISBN 978-3-88309-615-5 , Sp. 162-181.
  • Donald Read: Cobden and Bright. A Victorian Political Partnership . Edward Arnold (Publishers), London 1967
  • Helmut Viebrock (Hrsg.): Robert Lowe: Speech on the bills regarding popular representation and the redistribution of parliamentary seats on May 31, 1866; John Bright: Speech on reform <11>, London, December 4th, 1866 [English and German]. Speech about reform <No. 11> of December 4, 1866 . With a foreword by the editor. Comments: Asa Briggs [u. a.]. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1970
  • Bright, John . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 4 : Bishārīn - Calgary . London 1910, p. 567 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

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SURNAME Bright, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochdale , Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1889
Place of death Rochdale , Lancashire